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861. Maps 51850/10(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(22)
Title:
[Fort Asmai, Kabul, interior, looking south-west.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Marked 'Confidential' in the negative. Genre: War Photography View from the battlements of Fort Asmai, at the summit of the Asmai Heights west of the city, looking south-west along the valley of the Kabul River. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (22) a...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

862. Maps 51850/10(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(23)
Title:
[Bala Hissar Gate (Darwaza-i-Shah Shuja), Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography General view looking towards the Bala Hissar Gateway, flanked by its two octagonal towers, at the east side of the Bala Hissar citadel. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (23), Photo 98 (12) and Photo 449/1 (16).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

863. Maps 51850/10(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(24)
Title:
[Bala Gorge, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking along the ridge towards blockhouses. These appear to be the fortified positions, plans and elevations of which are in the accompanying sheet 17, 'Sherpur Cantonments Blockhouse No. 6 in the gorge between the two Bemaru...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

864. Maps 51850/10(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(25)
Title:
[Fort Sher Darwaza, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of part of the interior of the fort on the Sher Darwaza Heights south of the city. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (25) and Photo 98 (49).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

865. Maps 51850/10(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(26)
Title:
[Graveyard, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the cemetery and enclosing stone wall, situated at the north-west corner of the Sherpur Cantonment. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (26), Photo 98 (49) and Photo 449/1 (17).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

866. Maps 51850/10(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(27)
Title:
[Kabul from Asmai.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking eastwards across the city, with the octagonal, domed mausoleum of Timur Shah and the large surrounding garden dominating the right-hand section. For another copy, see APAC Photo 197 (27). Reproduced in Francis Gordon C...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

867. Maps 51850/10(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(28)
Title:
[Portion of Sherpur, Kabul, showing Royal Engineers Park.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View showing the Royal Engineers Park at the west end of the Sherpur Cantonment, with tents and other equipment in the foreground. Other copies of this photograph can be found at APAC Photo 197 (28), Photo 98 (22) and Photo 449/1 (26).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

868. Maps 51850/10(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(29)
Title:
[Bridge over the Kabul River.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking along the river towards the wooden pile bridge built just to the north of Fort Ibrahim Khan, on the road linking the Sherpur Cantonment and Siah Sang. For plans of the structure, see accompanying plan no. 3a, 'Bridge over Cabul River at Fort Ibrahim Khan.' Ot...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

869. Maps 51850/10(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(30)
Title:
[Bridge over the Kabul River.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography A slightly more distant view of the bridge seen in print 29, looking downstream towards Lataband, with another bridge in the foreground. Lataband, a pass in the Karkacha Hill some 19 miles from Kabul, was the site of a fortified post during the Afghan War. For another cop...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

870. Maps 51850/10(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 51850/10(31)
Title:
[Bala Hissar Gate, leading to the city, Kabul.] Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography General view of the gateway, similar to the Darwaza-i-Shah Shuja (see print 31), with the arched entrance flanked by two octagonal towers. This appears to be the Darwaza-i-Naghar Khana, situated at the north-west corner of the Bala Hissar. Other copies of this photograph ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item